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Show Antiquity of Smoking. In the mortar of the tower of Kirk-stall Kirk-stall abbey, which fell in the year 1779, Whittaker mentions that several little "smoking pipes" were found, showing that the smoking of some herb or other was in use in England 400 years before tobacco was introduced. Dr. Petrie mentions that pipes of bronze for emok-inff emok-inff are often found in ancient Irish tu muli. In the monument of Donough O'Brien, king of Thomond, who was killed A. D. 1627 and interred in the abbey of Corcumrae, County Clare, he is represented with a short pipe, or du-ieen, du-ieen, in hi3 mouth. Jt may be observed that in some very ancient coal workings, which were found unfitr Lambton castle some SO years ago, some of these very old smoking smok-ing pipes weie found, and a generation 3r two ago not far from Lambton very poor old folks might often be seen smoking smok-ing the common white flowered yarrow, a herb frequently found in country churchyards. Newcastle Chronicle |